Edward Teller Edward Teller was born on January 15, 1908 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a very intelligent man and in 1926 he left to study chemical engineering in Karlsruhe, Germany. From there he went to the University of Munich, to proceed in the study of physics. Edward then went on to live a long and very successful life. Early Life After being in Munich for two years, Teller achieved his doctorate in physics and then left Germany, once Adolf Hitler became powerful. He went to Denmark in 1934 and joined the Institute for Theoretical Physics where he met George Gamow, a Russian physicist. Edward left the Institute to go to England where he worked in the Univeristy of London for a very short time. Within a year, Edward's friend, Gamow, invited him to join him in Washington. Teller accepted, and entered the United States in 1935. The Manhattan Project By 1941, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen. In that same year, Teller joined America's best physicists in the Manhattan Project. This mission simply was for the group of physicists to develop the atom bomb before the Germans did. With Teller's help, the group was successful in creating this bomb which was then tested in 1945. Teller constantly tried to urge the group to pursue fusion and create a thermonuclear weapon, much more powerful then the atomic bomb.
Los Alamos, where the atom bomb was created.
Creation of the Hydrogen Bomb The group opposed the plan until the Russians detonated their own atomic bombs, causing President Truman ordered the Los Almos lab to develop a fusion weapon. The hydrogen bomb was then created and detonated on 1952.
Later Life
Because some of the scientists opposed the plan, Teller requested the Congress and the armed services for the creation of another laboratory for thermonuclear research. They agreed and built the Livermore Laboratory in northern California. Edward became the director of the lab and continued to advocate a strong national defense for the years to come. On September 9th, 2003 Edward Teller died in his house at the Stanford University. Clearly, his legacy will not be forgetten and he will always be remembered as the Father of the Hydrogen Bomb.
Edward Teller was born on January 15, 1908 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a very intelligent man and in 1926 he left to study chemical engineering in Karlsruhe, Germany. From there he went to the University of Munich, to proceed in the study of physics. Edward then went on to live a long and very successful life.
Early Life
After being in Munich for two years, Teller achieved his doctorate in physics and then left Germany, once Adolf Hitler became powerful. He went to Denmark in 1934 and joined the Institute for Theoretical Physics where he met George Gamow, a Russian physicist. Edward left the Institute to go to England where he worked in the Univeristy of London for a very short time. Within a year, Edward's friend, Gamow, invited him to join him in Washington. Teller accepted, and entered the United States in 1935.
The Manhattan Project
By 1941, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen. In that same year, Teller joined America's best physicists in the Manhattan Project. This mission simply was for the group of physicists to develop the atom bomb before the Germans did. With Teller's help, the group was successful in creating this bomb which was then tested in 1945. Teller constantly tried to urge the group to pursue fusion and create a thermonuclear weapon, much more powerful then the atomic bomb.
Creation of the Hydrogen Bomb
The group opposed the plan until the Russians detonated their own atomic bombs, causing President Truman ordered the Los Almos lab to develop a fusion weapon. The hydrogen bomb was then created and detonated on 1952.
Later Life
Because some of the scientists opposed the plan, Teller requested the Congress and the armed services for the creation of another laboratory for thermonuclear research. They agreed and built the Livermore Laboratory in northern California. Edward became the director of the lab and continued to advocate a strong national defense for the years to come. On September 9th, 2003 Edward Teller died in his house at the Stanford University. Clearly, his legacy will not be forgetten and he will always be remembered as the Father of the Hydrogen Bomb.